Submissions by faithmairee (Faith Elizabeth Brigham)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I eat, sleep and breathe poetry. My dream was always to see my name in print below something I wrote. I'm happy to say I'm living my dream since I not only got published but became a professional writer.
tombstone
This poem is being entered in the You Died Competition
the day i die
and am laid to rest
i want it knowm
i gave life my best
i lived with words
died writing my verse
i loved this life
for better or worse
my last request
i ask if i may
on my tombstone
i want it to say:
here's faithmairee
who finally rests
no more poeing
for this poetess
the day i die
and am laid to rest
i want it knowm
i gave life my best
i lived with words
died writing my verse
i loved this life
for better or worse
my last request
i ask if i may
on my tombstone
i want it to say:
here's faithmairee
who finally rests
no more poeing
for this poetess
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These Blues
These blues keep hanging 'round me, lawd,
They's hanging 'round both night and day.
Yes, these blues keep hanging 'round me.
They's hanging 'round both night and day.
Nothin' that I do seems to take these blues away.
My man just treats me so mean.
He sure makes me sad and blue.
My man just treats me so mean.
He sure makes me sad and blue.
Lawd, he's got to stop being so mean and cruel.
I think I'll take a train, Lord.
You know I've got to get away.
I think I'll take a train, Lord.
You know I've got to get away.
I'll just keep...
They's hanging 'round both night and day.
Yes, these blues keep hanging 'round me.
They's hanging 'round both night and day.
Nothin' that I do seems to take these blues away.
My man just treats me so mean.
He sure makes me sad and blue.
My man just treats me so mean.
He sure makes me sad and blue.
Lawd, he's got to stop being so mean and cruel.
I think I'll take a train, Lord.
You know I've got to get away.
I think I'll take a train, Lord.
You know I've got to get away.
I'll just keep...
687 reads
8 Comments
dog poetry
when the whole world's got you down
and the blues keep coming around
do not fear for i am here
and just for you i'll play the clown
i'll woof woof woof and howl
until i get you to smile
then i'll stop right at your feet
with a red rose between my teeth
and the blues keep coming around
do not fear for i am here
and just for you i'll play the clown
i'll woof woof woof and howl
until i get you to smile
then i'll stop right at your feet
with a red rose between my teeth
663 reads
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moonlight lovers
half-moon hanging
between two lone stars
the night air filled
with the scent
of moonflowers glistening
white against the night
i feel like smoking
but i gave up
cigarettes
long ago
i think of the
endless evenings
we sat on the loveseat
out on the patio
talking half the
night away
and then made love
beneath the stars
between two lone stars
the night air filled
with the scent
of moonflowers glistening
white against the night
i feel like smoking
but i gave up
cigarettes
long ago
i think of the
endless evenings
we sat on the loveseat
out on the patio
talking half the
night away
and then made love
beneath the stars
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Killer Woman Blues
If you're looking for romance
Darling, don't you look for me.
If you're looking for romance
Darling, don't you look for me.
I've got a bad habit of wanting
things that aren't good for me.
I don't blame you, Sweetheart
for wanting your fun.
I don't blame you, Sweetheart
for wanting your fun
But you know as well as I do
you can get that from anyone.
I love you, Darling, oh yes
you mean that much to me.
I love you, Darling, it's true
you mean that much to me.
But your kind of loving is the kind
that makes my poor heart...
Darling, don't you look for me.
If you're looking for romance
Darling, don't you look for me.
I've got a bad habit of wanting
things that aren't good for me.
I don't blame you, Sweetheart
for wanting your fun.
I don't blame you, Sweetheart
for wanting your fun
But you know as well as I do
you can get that from anyone.
I love you, Darling, oh yes
you mean that much to me.
I love you, Darling, it's true
you mean that much to me.
But your kind of loving is the kind
that makes my poor heart...
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whose world is it, anyway
in spite of all i've got to do
i doubt that when my day is through
i've done all i set out to do
but whose world is it, anyway
now, seldom do things go my way
in spite of all i do or say
i may not get a break today
but whose world is it, anyway
sometimes, life seems like a snare
so much suffering is everywhere
God gave me life so i could share
a world He made beyond compare
i doubt that when my day is through
i've done all i set out to do
but whose world is it, anyway
now, seldom do things go my way
in spite of all i do or say
i may not get a break today
but whose world is it, anyway
sometimes, life seems like a snare
so much suffering is everywhere
God gave me life so i could share
a world He made beyond compare
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Don't Remember Me
When my number comes up
and death draws near
i will depart this world
without regrets or fears
i hope i go as quietly
as i have lived my life
one full of both joy and strife
i don't want to be remembered
for being poetically correct
nor for awards my work begets
when you think of me
my last hope will be that
you see me as someone who
lived their dream of
connecting with humanity
through the languge of
my heart poetically.
and death draws near
i will depart this world
without regrets or fears
i hope i go as quietly
as i have lived my life
one full of both joy and strife
i don't want to be remembered
for being poetically correct
nor for awards my work begets
when you think of me
my last hope will be that
you see me as someone who
lived their dream of
connecting with humanity
through the languge of
my heart poetically.
736 reads
16 Comments
little bird
i watch for the mailman
as a child waits for santa clause
hoping for news from you-
no word comes
you don't know what
you do to me
i am trapped-
a prisoner in my own home
one day you'll return
from africa or germany
or where you've been
to find your little bird
has flown it's cage
as a child waits for santa clause
hoping for news from you-
no word comes
you don't know what
you do to me
i am trapped-
a prisoner in my own home
one day you'll return
from africa or germany
or where you've been
to find your little bird
has flown it's cage
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in the woodlands
there you are deep in the woodlands
dancing where the fireflies abound
no one would even know you're there
if it wasn't for the baying of the hounds
you sprinkle all your magic dust
where it is needed most
the garden is your favorite spot
behind our house on the eastern coast
what you do and where you go
it matters not to me at all
i only know it thrills me so when
i watch the faeries spring time ball
dancing where the fireflies abound
no one would even know you're there
if it wasn't for the baying of the hounds
you sprinkle all your magic dust
where it is needed most
the garden is your favorite spot
behind our house on the eastern coast
what you do and where you go
it matters not to me at all
i only know it thrills me so when
i watch the faeries spring time ball
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Nothin' But Trouble
When I woke up this morning,
I was so full of misery.
Yes, when I woke up this morning,
I was so full of misery.
I knew I had to face up to
Just what you're doing to me.
(chorus)
You're bad news, Baby.
You're the cause of my misery.
You're bad news, Baby.
You're the cause of my misery.
You're nothing but trouble.
That's all you could ever be to me.
I did my best for you, Darling.
But what good did it do?
I did my best for you, Darling,
But what good did it do?
Now, I find you're the kind of man
Who...
I was so full of misery.
Yes, when I woke up this morning,
I was so full of misery.
I knew I had to face up to
Just what you're doing to me.
(chorus)
You're bad news, Baby.
You're the cause of my misery.
You're bad news, Baby.
You're the cause of my misery.
You're nothing but trouble.
That's all you could ever be to me.
I did my best for you, Darling.
But what good did it do?
I did my best for you, Darling,
But what good did it do?
Now, I find you're the kind of man
Who...
720 reads
10 Comments
Bad Dog Blues
I've got me a bad dog
Yeah, he's a mean old boy.
I've got me a bad dog
He's sure a mean old boy
He won't answer when
I call him, lawd, he treats
me like a toy.
He's so ornery
I've got to chase him down
each time he roams.
He's so ornery
I've got to chase him down
each time he roams.
Seems like everytime I
turn around I'm dragging
that sorry dog home.
He knows he's a bad dog
when he eats holes in my shoes.
He knows he's a bad dog
when he eats holes in my shoes.
He just looks at me with
sad eyes...
Yeah, he's a mean old boy.
I've got me a bad dog
He's sure a mean old boy
He won't answer when
I call him, lawd, he treats
me like a toy.
He's so ornery
I've got to chase him down
each time he roams.
He's so ornery
I've got to chase him down
each time he roams.
Seems like everytime I
turn around I'm dragging
that sorry dog home.
He knows he's a bad dog
when he eats holes in my shoes.
He knows he's a bad dog
when he eats holes in my shoes.
He just looks at me with
sad eyes...
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Lookin' For A Good Man
It happened one evening.
It was not so long ago.
It happened one evening.
It was not so long ago.
I heard my baby walking.
He walked right out the door.
I just sit here crying.
Lawd, I've got nowhere to go.
I just sit here crying.
No, I've got nowhere to go.
When my baby left me
He took my heart and soul.
I keep going to the window.
Lawd, I'm just staring at the night.
I keep going to the window.
Lawd, I'm just staring at the night.
I keep looking for a good man,
One who is gonna treat me...
It was not so long ago.
It happened one evening.
It was not so long ago.
I heard my baby walking.
He walked right out the door.
I just sit here crying.
Lawd, I've got nowhere to go.
I just sit here crying.
No, I've got nowhere to go.
When my baby left me
He took my heart and soul.
I keep going to the window.
Lawd, I'm just staring at the night.
I keep going to the window.
Lawd, I'm just staring at the night.
I keep looking for a good man,
One who is gonna treat me...
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